TEST: Patriot Supersonic Rage Elite 256GB USB flash drive

Technical data
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Manufacturer	Patriot
Model number	PEF256GSRE3USB
Storage capacity	256 GB (231 GiB)
Read speed	400 MB/s
Write speed	200 MB/s
Connection	USB Typ A
Price	ca. 41 AUD (= 0,16 $ / GB)
Paid link	Buy on Amazon

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Compared to the top performer*

Read speed

37 %

Write speed

32 %

*) Test result evaluated according to AS SSD Score within the same size.

AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 1 GB file. A total score of 137 points was achieved.

AS SSD	Read:	Write:
Seq in megabytes per second	382,12 MB/s	325,75 MB/s
4K in megabytes per second	11,77 MB/s	3,41 MB/s
4K-64Thrd in megabytes per second	12,87 MB/s	3,85 MB/s
Access time in milliseconds	0,401 ms	1,335 ms
Score	63	40
Total score	137

Copy Performance Test

A common everyday situation is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

• ISO (folder with two large files)
• Program (folder with many small files)
• Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows Copy command (the cache remains enabled). The practical test of August 20, 2021 shows the performance for simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better the performance.

AS SSD Copy-Benchmark	Transfer rate:	Duration:
ISO two large files	154,71 MB/s	6,94 s
Program many small files	28,41 MB/s	49,53 s
Game small and large files	59,04 MB/s	23,39 s

Compression Performance Test

Here, the writing and reading speed of the the Patriot USB flash driveSSD is measured depending on the compressibility of the data (according to the manufacturer, these should be 400MB/s and 200MB/s respectively).

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Here, two sequential and two random performance tests are performed, similar to the ones performed on the AS SSD.

CDM	Read [MB/s]	Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M Q8T1	403,50	330,65
SEQ1M Q1T1	399,44	328,56
RND4K Q32T16	15,79	5,50
RND4K Q1T1	12,41	3,92